Northland v Waikato

[Steven Harris]

Tu’ungafasi was a big loss pre match , i have no doubt he would have made a difference on the loosehead ..
Just speaking to the Tani boys at the end of the game , just disappointment with their set piece scrum and lineout ..
3 props out at the minute dont help , Jared Adams and Conan O’Donnell set to return next week ,Chris Apoua still 2-3 weeks away

[kev]

@J77 agree with all of that. Some odd substitutions going on too. What’s with taking Reihana off at 50 mins? The backline looks laboured when Hawkins comes on. And then not subbing Ranger earlier and taking Tua off. Can’t work it out….

[Steven Harris]

@kev Tua may have an injury,will get a report this week

[taniwharugby]

@Steven-Harris he looked pretty pissed coming off, so either for an injury or being subbed for a 9...?

If he is, I'd like to see them run Goodhue at 12 and Murray at 13.

[J77]

@taniwharugby said in Northland v Waikato:

@Steven-Harris he looked pretty pissed coming off, so either for an injury or being subbed for a 9...?

If he is, I'd like to see them run Goodhue at 12 and Murray at 13.

You know they’ll bring old mate Blake back in…

[taniwharugby]

@J77 oh yeah...

[OleOleOle]

@Yeetyaah I tend to agree, missed a lot. I tend to agree, both teams benefited from this at various times. His AR's were no help at all, in fact only made calls against the visiting side...

[taniwharugby]

@OleOleOle well if they had looked at the Waikato try, they'd have seen he took it in front of the mark (not by much) but looked in front form where I was sitting...

Agree, they missed alot (multiple forward passes, side entries at rucks, not straight lineouts, all both ways)

[OleOleOle]

@taniwharugby I agree, can't believe he let them get away with that tap. Not sure the try that was ruled out by the TMO came from a pass that went forward out of the hand so swings and roundabouts, maybe...

[Bovidae]

I thought that Northland were lucky to only be penalised in that Waikato lineout drive.

[OleOleOle]

@Bovidae Yeah, I thought they pulled the maul down and then when the Finau knocked on Nock was playing the ball with his hands

[ploughboy]

@taniwharugby said in Northland v Waikato:

@OleOleOle well if they had looked at the Waikato try, they'd have seen he took it in front of the mark (not by much) but looked in front form where I was sitting...

Agree, they missed alot (multiple forward passes, side entries at rucks, not straight lineouts, all both ways)

considering he was the player who caused the penalty and didnt move forward i would say he was on the mark

[kev]

@OleOleOle said in Northland v Waikato:

@taniwharugby I agree, can't believe he let them get away with that tap. Not sure the try that was ruled out by the TMO came from a pass that went forward out of the hand so swings and roundabouts, maybe...

We were right in line with that at the game. More obvious live than on replay because of camera angles. Definitely forward out of hand.

That said on balance Waikato should have put Northland away a lot earlier given set piece dominance so in the end result a fair reflection of game.